JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken: Phantom Blood

JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken: Phantom Blood
Developer: Anchor Inc. Publisher: Bandai Namco Platform: PlayStation 2 Released in JP: October 26, 2006 This game has unused graphics. This game has unused music. This game has unused text.

JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken: Phantom Blood is an adaptation of the first part of the manga series JoJo's Bizarre Adventure.

Unused Textures

Debugging Font

Present at offset 0xE24F0 in the game's executable is a compressed and swizzled font texture used for debugging purposes. The game always loads the texture into RAM, but never uses it.

Placeholder Portrait

Inside the files of Chapter 8's third cutscene is a placeholder portrait of Jonathan Joestar smiling from Chapter 18 of the manga.

Unused Hint Screens

To do: Add translations for the hint text.

While every main story battle has a hint screen, only six of them are used in-game.

Unused Text

Present in the battle dialogue data for Chapter 8 is unused text instructing the player how to charge an attack with the R1 button.

Japanese	Translation
（R1を押して->ためて->離す）	(Press R1 -> Hold -> Release)

Erina has an unused line in Chapter 23's second cutscene.

Japanese	Translation
ジョナサン… ああ…今日という日が 永遠に続きますように…	Jonathan... Ah, If only this day could last forever...

Within the files for Speedwagon and Tonpetty's Heat Attacks, there is unused text left over from Jonathan Joestar's Heat Attack.

Japanese	Translation
山吹き色の波紋疾走！！	Sunlight Yellow Overdrive!!

Unused Audio

The file gameover.adx, evidently intended for a game over screen.